Detachable heel



J. BACKER.

BETACHABLE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8. I918.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

I nv entor Jacob Backer C1 t trne y JACOB BAGKER, on ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

DETACI-IABLE HEEL.

Patented 0a. 28, 1919.

Application filed February 8, 1918. Serial No. 216,134.

To all whomz't may concern Be it known that I, JACOB BACKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of 'St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Heels, of which the following is aspecification.

One object of my invention is to provide simplified means for attaching a heel, pref erably of rubber, to a shoe in such fashion that it may readily be removed from tl e shoe.

Another object of my invention is to provide, in a detachable heel, improved means for engaging the mounting means carried by the shoe with engaging means carried by the heel.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a bottomview of a rubber heel attached by my improved clamping means to a shoe half heel. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with a section cut off to show the way in which the rubber heel meets the half heel. Fig. 3 is a view of the clamping means carried by the shoe. Fig. *1

is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a side view of the metal insert carried by the rub ber heel, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same.

In applying my invention I provide a horse-shoe shaped plate 1, Fig. 3, carrying four ears 2, 3, 4E and 5 extending downwardly from the shoe when applied to a shoe,an(l

inclined outwardly as shown in Fig.2.

One of these ears 2 has a lip 6 extending horizontally therefrom.

The heel 7, which is preferably of rubber, has recesses 8, 9, 10 and 11 provided therein to receive the ears 3, i, 5 and 6, respectively, and the heel carries, just back of the recess 11, a metal insert 12, Figs. 1, 2 and 5, to receive the lip 6, and metal reinforcements 8, 1, and 5 for the ears 3, 4 and 5.

In engaging the heel on the clamp; the lip '6 is inserted in the metal insert 12, and the inclined ears 3, 4 and 5 forced inwardly to engage with their respective recesses 8, 9 and 10.

Apertures 13 are provided for attaching the clamp to the half heel 14 of a shoe by means of tacks 15, Fig. 2.

The cross bars may be connected by means of extensions 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 to stiffen the clam-p, and tack points 22, 23, 2t and 25 formed therefrom to increase the holding engagement of the clamp with the heel.

Such a construction presents the appearance of a horse shoe superimposed upon a cross, but may be omitted if desired.

The heel piece preferably has a bead 26, Fig. 2, extending about its perimeter to contact with the perimeter of the half heel 1-1 to which the holding piece is applied so as to insure a good fitting joint and also provide a slight cushioning effect between the two pieces of the completed heel.

While I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to this construction, as it is evident that the application of the invention may be varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims:

1. In a detachable heel the combination of a horse shoe shaped plate having a cross shaped reinforcing member to stiffen said horse shoe shaped portion, said plate having an ear extending angularly therefrom and terminating in a lip substantially parallel to said plate, a second car extending from said plate, and a heel piece having a recess therein to receive said second ear and having also a recess to receive said first named ear, and a metal insert in said heel piece and positioned in a recess adapted to receive said lip.

2. In a detachable heel the combination'of a plate of general horse shoe shape, an ear extending angularly therefrom and terminating in a lip positioned substantially parallel to said plate, a second ear extending from said plate,,tack points also extending .downwardly from said plate, a heel piece having a recess therein, and a metal insert 111 sald recess to receive and engage with said 11p, and a second recess to receive said sec- 0nd named ear, said heel piece being formed of material that can be punctured by said tack points.

3. In a detachable heel the combination of a horse shoe shaped plate having a cross positioned Within the boundary formed by the horse shoe shaped thereof, ears formed from the material of said plate in line with each end of said cross, one of said ears having a lip positioned substantially parallel with 10 said plate, a heel piece having recesses there in to receive said ears and lip, and a metal insert in the recesses in said heel piece that receives said lip.

JACOB BACKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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